Susan N. Platt, Ph.D.
Oct 1, 2021
An Afternoon on Pioneer Square
Seattle’s art museums are pricey for the average budget, but you can have a rich art experience exploring some of our intrepid art...
Susan Platt, Ph.D.
Sep 1, 2021
Protests and Art Exhibitions
I looked back at my column from last fall, and it was full of protests and occupations, smoke and covid. What do we have now? More of the...
Susan Platt, Ph.D.
Jun 1, 2021
Seattle is More Dynamic all the Time!
Exciting exhibitions are coming to both Seattle and Tacoma this summer. I will begin with the Frye Art Museum and “Black Refractions:...
Susan Platt, Ph.D.
May 1, 2021
WANAWARI! and A Salute to A Few Other Galleries
WaNaWari wins a headline again with five provocative installations. Carletta Carrington Wilson’s “Night of the Stereotypes,” in the...
Susan Noyes Platt
Mar 1, 2021
Jacob Lawrence’s “Struggle...from the History of the American People”
Seattle Art Museum opens March 5 Following our catastrophic Capitol riot, what could be more timely than Jacob Lawrence’s series on...
Susan Platt, Ph.D.
Feb 1, 2021
Selma Waldman: Witness to the Abuse of Power
“Lust for power and territory is the same lust that kills man, women, children and the land itself.” ~Selma Waldman 2002 What would...
Susan Platt, Ph.D.
Jan 1, 2021
Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline” at The Burke Museum, until May 21
Ray Troll has been drawing fossils since he was four years old, based on a plastic dinosaur set his parents gave him. We know that most...
Susan Platt, Ph.D.
Nov 1, 2020
STEVEN HOLL: MAKING ARCHITECTURE. BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM
Steven Holl, named by Time magazine in 2001 as “America’s best architect”, grew up in Bremerton where he first encountered...
Libby L. Gerber
Sep 1, 2020
Leschi Artist’s Map is the COVID Public Art Project You’ve Been Waiting For
Celebrating public space, Libby L. Gerber invites viewers to look for views of Mount Rainier in mundane public spaces, using her...
Susan Platt
May 1, 2020
Discover the Art All Around Us!
Part I Since all the venues for art are closed, I invite you to walk or bike through our neighborhoods and discover the amazing public...
Susan N. Platt, Ph.D.
Apr 1, 2020
Racism, Spirituality and Sex: Three Shows and Three Themes at the Seattle Art Museum
Part I John Akomfrah’s “Future History” (until May 3, 2020) majestically fills three major galleries on the fourth floor of the Seattle...
Susan Noyes Platt
Feb 1, 2020
Seattle Asian Art Museum Reopens!
We are having another thrilling museum opening in Seattle this month! The renovated Asian Art Museum opens to the public on Saturday...